Word: adoptionism
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The Leadership Council, a University-wide coalition of 15 homosexual groups, is crusading for University adoption of a proposal outlining the establishment of a gay studies program and the creation of a gay resource center.
That blessing soon became a curse as Cara started to have second thoughts. Six days after the birth, she informed ex-boyfriend Daniel Schmidt that he had actually fathered the child; she had listed Scott as the father partly to avoid the embarrassment of acknowledging an ex-lover. Anguished, Schmidt...
During the legal wrangling, Baby Jessica has been growing up in the DeBoers' Cape Cod-style home, listening to bedtime stories and practicing words like Mommy and Daddy. The prospect that she might be legally taken from her home -- which even the Iowa courts considered "exemplary" -- has dumbfounded many Americans...
Though the National Council for Adoption estimates that less than 1% of the 50,000 U.S. adoptions each year are contested, Jessica's case raises alarming questions for millions of adoptive parents. In at least half of all adoption cases, the natural fathers can't be located. What now if...
In custody and adoption suits, courts are guided by law to favor the claims of biological parents unless abandonment, abuse or neglect can be proved. In ruling on Baby Jessica's case, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a broad defense of parental rights, arguing that the courts "are not free...